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Apr 1 , 2009 [USA]
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SOA Quartely Sales Report

Subaru of America, Inc. Announces Quarterly Sales Increase and Best Ever Monthly Sales for Forester
Apr 1 , 2009 [USA]
Cherry Hill, NJ, April 1, 2009 -- Subaru announced that year-to-date sales were up 2-percent with 41,532 units sold in 2009 versus 40,881 units sold in 2008. For the month of March there was a 3-percent sales decrease over last year’s March results.

The 2009 Subaru Forester continues its record-breaking streak with its best monthly sales ever. Sales for the Forester increased 47-percent over last year's March Forester sales - a total of 6,802 units sold in March 2009, versus 4,615 units sold in March 2008.

"In March, Forester set an all-time sales record, capping a month where it received the top rating for Roof Strength from IIHS and won the best new small Crossover from Kiplinger Personal Finance." said Tim Colbeck, senior vice president of sales, Subaru of America, Inc. "The Forester has been a major driver of our success this year, leading the brand to a 2-percent year-to-date sales increase over 2008. As our market share grows to record levels this reinforces that the safety, durability and value of Subaru products continue to resonate with consumers."
Mar-09 Mar-08 % ch March-09 YTD March-08YTD % chg
Legacy 1,554 2,205 -30% 4,0 5,125 -21%
Outback* 3,609 4,378 -18% 8,513 11,599 -27%
Impreza 3,725 4,446 -16% 9,602 11,179 -14%
Forester 6,802 4,615 47% 17,942 9,988 80%
Tribeca 559 1,041 -46% 1,415 2,989 -53%
Total**16,249 16,685 -3% 41,532 40,880 2%

*Includes Legacy Wagon
**2008 total does not include 1 Baja Sales in 2008

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Only if you can prove through netstat and top that you are hardware coinstrained (CPU is max'ing out) by "heavy user activity" should you assume you have a hardware constraint, most of the time the software is to blame.

I assume you are not running on some Pentium III or older CPU or something terribly old (*older than 5 year old hardware).

So you need to determine what module is eating your memory and eventually destroying your Apache's ability to serve requests.

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